Rhönite in Luna 24 pyroxenes: First find from the Moon, and implications for volatiles in planetary magmas

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 488-491

  Treiman, Allan H ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Igneous petrology; Luna 24; Lunar and planetary studies; Mare basalt; Melt inclusion; Moon; Petrography; Rh nite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BASALT; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON ALLOYS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MOON; PETROGRAPHY; SILICA; SODIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

BASALTIC MAGMA; BASALTIC ROCKS; LUNA 24; LUNAR AND PLANETARY STUDIES; LUNAR REGOLITH; MELT INCLUSIONS; MINERAL REACTIONS; PLANETARY BODIES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

MARE BASALT; MELT INCLUSION; MOON; PETROGRAPHY; PYROXENE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 41649104540     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2781     Document Type: Article

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